Hogmanay Hootenanny 2009

Hogmanay Hootenanny 2009

GLASGOW R&B FESTIVAL presents HOGMANAY HOOTENANNY 2009 @ V Club, Sauchiehall St. Glasgow.
10pm-5am on December 31 2009.

Top quality r'n'b, rock'n'roll, soul and ska to see in the New Year! Tickets £20 (£15 early bird special). Tickets available from www.ticketweb.co.uk, www.tickets-scotland.com, The variety Bar 0141 332 4449, Blackfriars Bar 0141 552 5924

The Main Room will house the Festival Dance Floor with live performances from The Five Aces, The Bottleneckers & The Privates Hammond Orchestra. DJ's The Glasgow R&B Festival DJ's Aaron and Tony (All Tore Up), Jennie and Colin Baillie (Double Breasted Modzine), David Stone (Vintage Voltage), Richard Rinn (The Bottleneckers), JA live selectors Brian & Hectorrr, Mark Robb and Craig 'Loosejoints' (Starla Records), Junior Otaman.

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The Privates Hammond Orchestra - Debut 45 - OUT NOW!!

At long last we are delighted to let you know the debut from out latest Starla act - 'The Privates Hammond Orchestra' is out now on Starla/RecordKicks 45 and mp3.

The storming R&B of The Privates backing Joe Kane with his composition on the A-side with "I'm Sorry (Can I Please Come Home)" and the B-side has The Privates own "The Battle of Yoker" an instrumental tittyshaker style workout that has echoes of Jack McDuff and Booker T & the MGs.

The single is in stock and ready for download over at the RecordKicks wesbite and in all good vendors Worldwide from this week. Reactions so far have been fantastic, with great feedback from djs, critics and dancers alike as well as play on the airwaves from the likes of Mark Lamarr on BBC Radio 2's 'God's Jukebox'.

"Top notch thumping Hammond shaker – save it for the top of the night!" - Jazzman Gerald

"cracking bit of driving hammond." - Modculture.co.uk

"an upbeat piece of rockin R&B" - Double Breasted Modzine

Soulshaker Vol 6 OUT NOW - The Privates Hammond Orchestra DEBUT!!!!!

The Privates Hammond Orchestra make their debut with a track included on the Soulshaker Volume 6 Compilation on the excellent RecordKicks from Milan. Alongside such luminaries as Jimi Tenor, Nicole Willis, The New Mastersounds, Kenny Dope and many more. The Privates are joined by vocalist and composer for the track Joe Kane, for his "I'm Sorry (Can I Please Come Home)".

There will be an 45 of the track backed with The Privates own "The Battle Of Yoker" on the flip, more details soon. In the meantime check out (and buy) the album on CD and download here

Furthur Volume 1 - Craig Loosejoints Mix For Download

The latest in the mix series is, as The Who would say, a quick one. Mixed live in the process of procrastinating over other things, this is a mix of more leftfield sounds covering psych, oddball soundtracks, space-jazz and eastern beat from Craig Loosejoints. No tracklisting this time, but points for ones you can spot - Enjoy! Craig Loosejoints - Furthur Vol 1

More Private Exploits...

Following a storming set at The Wee Chill Festival this week, The Privates Hammond Orchestra return a week later a Glasgow's soul institution Divine on Sat 3 October at Glasgow School of Art. Matching this dynamite three piece with a club night that's dedicated to the best in Soul, Funk, 60s Beat and other grooves is a no-brainer and sure to be the best night out in the Northern Hemisphere this week. To ensure full potential for pleasure, we'd recommend the excellent pre-club "Get The Records On" hosted by Jamie & Ian at the CCA bar next to the Art School from 8pm. See you there!

More Starla Related Events This Weekend

We've got another couple of Starla events this weekend coming, first of all our old friend Kevin Rowland (of Dexy's Midnight Runners) will be returning to Glasgow for a dj set at the Rio Cafe on Friday night (Friday 25 September) . Kevin made the trip up last year and played an amazing set with added live vocals at the Starla DJs old Sunday Service club, and we've stayed in touch since. This time Kevin is playing a low-profile bar show just for you!

Then on Saturday (26 Sept) Craig Loosejoints will be djing at the second Wee Chill Festival of the year at Glasgow's Queen's Park Glasshouse. Also appearing are Starla recording artists and all-round good-guys The Privates Hammond Orchestra. Set times are still TBC, but the whole shebang runs from 6pm-12am

Craig and fellow Starla DJ Mark Robb will also be spinning at the official Wee Chill afterparty at The Admiral on Waterloo Street till 3am. Full details here

Privates On Parade

Over the past couple of months we've been working in the Starla studios with local heroes The Privates Hammond Orchestra on a number of recording projects. We're pleased to announce that the results of these sessions will include a co-release with the excellent Record Kicks Records of Milan on a 45 release and a track contributed to the next installement of their dynamite "Soulshaker" compilation series. There is also a Starla debut 45 for The Privates to come and the results of some soundtrack work we've been doing with them as well. More details to come.

In the meantime, if you want to get in on the ground floor of The Privates rise to world domination you could do worse than head to Glasgow's renowned Rio Cafe this coming friday at 9pm for a free-entry performance by the band.

For those of you further afield, you could do worse than checking out their Privates for yourself over here http://www.myspace.com/theprivateshammond